#sell-by dates

[gwydionmisha]

California Just Became the First State to Ban Sell-By Dates

On September 28th Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation making California the first state to ban sell-by dates. Assembly Bill No. 660 wil

[suevincent]

Rebels without a choice? A mere quarter of a mile from my home the traffic ground to an unaccustomed halt. The sporadic nature of its movement proclaimed a contraflow in action somewhere up ahead and, with no other way of accessing my street, I settled down to patiently wait in the Great British Queue… an institution we are good at in this country.

[suevincent]

Rebels without a choice? A mere quarter of a mile from my home the traffic ground to an unaccustomed halt. The sporadic nature of its movement proclaimed a contraflow in action somewhere up ahead and, with no other way of accessing my street, I settled down to patiently wait in the Great British Queue… an institution we are good at in this country.

[blubinday]

I don't live life by days and weeks I live by Sell-by dates

[palebravada]

how long after the sell-by date can i eat something?

[salonnierealexis]

NPR: "Doug Rauch, the former president of Trader Joe’s, is determined to repurpose the perfectly edible produce slightly past its sell-by date that ends up in the trash. "

Trader Joe’s Ex-President To Turn Expired Food Into Cheap Meals

NPR Food | September 21, 2013 | 0 Comments

  http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/09/21/trader-joes-ex-president-to-turn-expired-food-into-cheap-meals/

  Is there any concern among, let’s say the people who might own a Trader Joe’s or some other food store today that, somehow, your places are going to be potentially underpricing them?

You’d have to ask them. But most of what we’ll be selling will be fruits and vegetables, freshly prepared product, stuff that’s really not brand-driven. And [we'll be doing it] in areas that, frankly, are underserved. There aren’t Trader Joe’s in the inner-cities in America, at least to my knowledge.

[foodramblings]

End of 'sell by' dates - UK

The UK government has announced that "sell-by" dates are going to be removed from packages, leaving only the "use-by" or "best before" date.

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The hope is that this will reduce the amount of food waste in the country. It is argued that the multiple dates are confusing to customers and therefore encourages waste. What I think may be more important here is that it may reduce waste from supermarkets and other retailers - no longer will they have to clear their shelves of perfectly edible foods.